Mr. Willing smiled.
“It won’t,” he said quietly.
And now the porter came for their baggage, and carried it to the vestibule. The conductor poked his head in the door and called out:
“New York!”
“Here we are,” exclaimed Shirley eagerly. “The city I have always wanted to see. The greatest city in the world!”
CHAPTER IV.—DICK HAS AN ADVENTURE.
The two days spent in New York City were days of wonder to Shirley, Mabel and Dick. They were on the go every minute of the time, sightseeing. From one end of the city to the other they travelled with wide-open eyes.
The great skyscrapers impressed them, perhaps, more than any one other thing, though they saw much to amaze them; and next to the great buildings they were impressed by the crowds.
Crowds they had seen in some of the other large cities, but never anything like this.
They took a trip to Coney Island on the second day, and the girls were for going back again that night. Mr. Willing agreed, and they were about to fare forth from the hotel, when young Bristow was announced.